Found Poetry

Martha Stewart Living: The Color Issue

2009-09-23T13:35:00.000-07:00

my roommate picked this up somewhere and it was discarded in the recycle bin in my kitchen. when i started writing with it, i was so overwhelmed with all the beautiful language and imagery. i decided to just use half of it for this poem, and save the other half for another time. that way i can separate myself from it so that i don't end up writing something similar. this is easily my favorite of all the found poems i've written, thank you martha.

LCC Aspire Magazine

2009-09-14T19:01:00.000-07:00

i received this gem in the mail. it is a course catalogue for the local community college in my town. at first i was just going to throw it away, but thought it would prove to be a challenge. usually i only get clothing or house-ware catalogues in the mail (mostly abandoned by the former renters) which never have any content worth using.

Intentional Communities

2009-09-11T12:55:00.001-07:00

another treasure found thanks to garage sale free boxes. this book is fairly dense and thick, so i might save it for future use. i always find the bigger the books, the more daunting it is to rip them apart. it just seems that there is so much potential material inside, how am i to unlock all of it?

Vacation

2009-09-10T12:39:00.000-07:00

i found this particular magazine tucked within the pages of yet another book discovered in a garage sale free box. at first i thought to just recycle it because it was so meager and thin, but upon further consideration decided to give it a shot.

Story of the Sea

2009-09-09T16:24:00.000-07:00

i found this book in the free box at a garage sale. i've only used a few pages, mostly from the beginning of the book. i'm hoping to flip through it again and maybe write some more poems.